False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... and claws of birds , and called them Harop , a name which sufficiently denoted the true sense of the symbol . All this the Greeks realized , and embellished in their way . GRIFFON , in the natural history of the ancients , 29.
... and claws of birds , and called them Harop , a name which sufficiently denoted the true sense of the symbol . All this the Greeks realized , and embellished in their way . GRIFFON , in the natural history of the ancients , 29.
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... Griffon is frequently seen on ancient medals : and it is still borne in coat - armour . The Griffon is an ornament in archi- tecture , in common use among the Greeks , and was copied from them . THE Salamander has a short cy- lindrical ...
... Griffon is frequently seen on ancient medals : and it is still borne in coat - armour . The Griffon is an ornament in archi- tecture , in common use among the Greeks , and was copied from them . THE Salamander has a short cy- lindrical ...
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